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Parents can also spy on their children by seeing exactly which devices are connected to the internet at any time.

Jeroen Hoencamp, chief executive of Vodafone, says: ‘We know how frustrating it can be for parents who want to sit down as a family and chat, rather than have their children distracted by their smartphone or tablet.

‘The Family Time feature aims to help by setting time limits which they can use to restrict internet use at dinner time.’

To be able to use the Family Time service, customers must have a Vodafone internet service at home.

It is now available in Manchester, Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey, and will be rolled out across the UK.

Parents will also be able to boost the speed so that one device in the house can download a film quicker for two hours.

And if anyone comes to stay and wants to use the internet, the app will let you set up a special guest internet network so visitors can use the web without having to find out the wireless internet code.